A SENTENCING date has been set for an Oxford man who was caught with extreme pornography.

Michael Webb, of Sermon Close, Headington, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (May 30) charged with five pornography counts.

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The 55-year-old was charged with three counts of making indecent photographs/pseudo-photographs of a child, one count of possessing of pornographic images, and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child.

Webb was allegedly caught between September 26, 2014 and June 12, 2023 with 257 Category A images, 24 Category B images, 12 Category C images, five extreme pornographic images, and one prohibited image.

He is now due to appear at Oxford Crown Court for a sentencing hearing on June 27 at 10am.